original description
Guppy, R. J. L. (1873). On new species of bivalve Molluska found at Cumana, Venezuela. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(2): 90-92, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078052
page(s): 91-92, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record
Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
Signorelli, J. H.; Pastorino, G. (2012). Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3245, 30-53. [details]
From editor or global species database
Publication date Year of description is unclear: 1873 or 1874? [details]